Question Can my laptop handle a 1440p external monitor?

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

I'm in the market for a color-calibrated external monitor to use primarily for 3D art (Modelling, lighting, and rendering in Blender, working in Unreal Engine, etc.) and have ordered an Asus ProArt PA248QV. However, I am considering returning it right off the bat (thankfully Amazon seems to have a lenient return policy for this item) in order to instead purchase the Asus ProArt PA278QV, which is QHD 2560x1440 at 27 inches.

My question is, will I experience any major/noticeable performance issues while using the monitor for the activities listed above? My laptops specs are:

10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700 (8 core, 16MB Cache, 2.9GHz to 4.8GHz w/Turbo Boost Max 3.0)

17.3" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz 9ms 300-nits 72% NTSC color gamut display

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6 (I assume the laptop version)

For reference, the monitor I am considering purchasing has a 75Hz refresh rate (I don't need it for gaming so this is fine for the price) and is again 27 inches with a resolution of 2560x 1440. The most GPU-Intensive thing I do is Cycles renders in Blender so I wanted to make sure those wouldn't be majorly impacted by this increased resolution.

 

[jeremyj_83]

I'm in the market for a color-calibrated external monitor to use primarily for 3D art (Modelling, lighting, and rendering in Blender, working in Unreal Engine, etc.) and have ordered an Asus ProArt PA248QV. However, I am considering returning it right off the bat (thankfully Amazon seems to have a lenient return policy for this item) in order to instead purchase the Asus ProArt PA278QV, which is QHD 2560x1440 at 27 inches.

My question is, will I experience any major/noticeable performance issues while using the monitor for the activities listed above? My laptops specs are:

10th Gen Intel Core i7 10700 (8 core, 16MB Cache, 2.9GHz to 4.8GHz w/Turbo Boost Max 3.0)

17.3" FHD (1920x1080) 144Hz 9ms 300-nits 72% NTSC color gamut display

Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super 8GB GDDR6 (I assume the laptop version)

For reference, the monitor I am considering purchasing has a 75Hz refresh rate (I don't need it for gaming so this is fine for the price) and is again 27 inches with a resolution of 2560x 1440. The most GPU-Intensive thing I do is Cycles renders in Blender so I wanted to make sure those wouldn't be majorly impacted by this increased resolution.

You will be fine.

For example at times I run by 3440x1440 monitor from my work laptop that has a Ryzen 4600U and Vega 6 iGPU without issues over HDMI.

 

[hedwar2011]

What is the actual make/model of your laptop so we can get more information on it that way?

Nevermind, jeremyj got you.

 

[ComputersOftenIrritateMe]

You will be fine.

For example at times I run by 3440x1440 monitor from my work laptop that has a Ryzen 4600U and Vega 6 iGPU without issues over HDMI.

Thank you for the clarification. If you don't mind, I have a few other questions/thoughts because I'm not that well versed when it comes to display tech.

-I understand that PPI is an important consideration when it comes to monitors. This is actually a big part of why I'm returning the PA248QV, because its PPI of 94 seems a bit low for the kind of work I'm doing. My understanding is that the PA278QV has a PPI of 109, which seems more appropriate than 94 (Apparently typically the minimum acceptable).

-Other than PPI and having a place to put it, is there any other considerations that need to be given to the actual physical size of the monitor (i.e. in terms of performance)?

-My laptop has an HDMI 2.0 port and a mini Display port 1.4. Are these adequate for the 1440p monitor or will there be any sort of bottleneck?

Thank you again!

 

[jeremyj_83]

Thank you for the clarification. If you don't mind, I have a few other questions/thoughts because I'm not that well versed when it comes to display tech.

-I understand that PPI is an important consideration when it comes to monitors. This is actually a big part of why I'm returning the PA248QV, because its PPI of 94 seems a bit low for the kind of work I'm doing. My understanding is that the PA278QV has a PPI of 109, which seems more appropriate than 94 (Apparently typically the minimum acceptable).

-Other than PPI and having a place to put it, is there any other considerations that need to be given to the actual physical size of the monitor (i.e. in terms of performance)?

-My laptop has an HDMI 2.0 port and a mini Display port 1.4. Are these adequate for the 1440p monitor or will there be any sort of bottleneck?

Thank you again!

Having used a monitor with 94 PPI and one with 109 PPI you can tell the difference. Text on the 109 is sharper and there is less eyestrain as well.

Physical size of most modern monitors is about the same. The biggest difference is a curved display will take up slightly less width than a flat screen, however, the curved screen can have slight distortions of images as they are curved.

Both HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort 1.4 can easily drive a 1440p monitor. The monitor has multiple inputs with one being HDMI and the other Mini DisplayPort. I personally would run over Mini DisplayPort but either will work.